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Fairytale and Other RetellingsMiddle School |
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Liar's Kingdom
by Christine Calella
Ell spent years working for her cruel stepfamily, so when a prince shows up with a glass slipper, she lets him believe she danced with him at the ball but discovers being royalty has problems and must rescue herself.
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Bemused
by Farrah Rochon
Five teenaged sisters learn their mother is the Goddess of Memory and that she's been hiding from the gods of Mount Olympus to keep her daughters safe, in the origin story of the five Muses from Disney's Hercules
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The thirteenth child
by Erin A. Craig
A healer, Hazel, a thirteenth child promised to one of the gods, discovers all gifts come with a price as she is forced to work with Death, but when she meets a rakish prince marked to die, she must choose between her heart and Death itself.
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The lost ones
by Lauren DeStefano
"Magically transported to Never Land, twins Marlene and James get a chance to stay forever with the charismatic Peter and his Lost Boys, but when they find themselves at odds for the first time and their memories start fading, they must make an impossible choice. "
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Beastly beauty
by Jennifer Donnelly
"To break the curse that has kept her trapped for years, Arabella must find a boy who loves her for her true self: a cruel task for a girl who's been told she's impossible to love, until hope arrives in the form of a handsome thief."
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Adventures of Mary Jane
by Hope Jahren
Starring the red-headed spitfire from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this brand-new imagining of the classic story follows Mary Jane on her own dangerous and unpredictable journey down the Mississippi River in pre-Civil War America—and the blue-eyed, pony-tailed boy she can't stop thinking about.
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Most ardently : a Pride & prejudice remix
by Gabe Cole Novoa
"While exploring the city dressed as a young gentleman in 1812 London, trans boy Oliver meets and falls in love with Darcy, forcing him to choose between a life of pretending to be something he's not or risking everything for a life that is truly his own.
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Where the dark stands still
by A. B. Poranek
Making a bargain with a demon to be free of her monstrous powers, Liska, who has been forced to live in the demon's crumbling manor, soon discovers something far worse than her host—something that cannot be defeated unless she embraces the monster she's always feared becoming.
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Relit : 16 Latinx remixes of classic stories
by Sandra Proudman
In this spellbinding collection of 16 original stories, award-winning and best-selling Latinx YA authors reimagine classics through fantasy, science fiction and with a dash of magic.
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Fate be changed : a twisted tale
by Farrah Rochon
"Determined to chart her own path, Merida eats a magic pastry intended for her mother and is transported back in time to when the Clans MacCameron and DunBroch were bitter enemies—and the timing of her arrival has kept her parents from meeting.
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My dear Henry : a Jekyll & Hyde remix
by Kalynn Bayron
After being expelled from London Medical School along with his best friend Henry Jekyll in 1885 London, 17-year-old Gabriel Utterson is overcome by jealousy when a mysterious and magnetic stranger arrives, capturing all of Henry's attention and drawing him into a dark mystery.
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The witch and the vampire : a novel
by Francesca Flores
Entering the forest to find other vampires and stop her mother's deadly agenda, vampire Ava is joined by her former best friend Kaye, a Flame witch, and soon discovers Kaye is her greatest threat—and her only hope if she wants to survive.
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Greymist Fair
by Francesca Zappia
The people of Greymist Fair know that the woods are a dangerous and magical place and that they should never set foot off the road, but when a young tailor, Heike, discovers a body on the road, her search for the culprit reveals even more strange and dark happenings around her town.
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Great or nothing
by Joy McCullough
This reimagining of Little Women set in 1942 is told from each March sister's point of view as, after Beth's death and under the strain of their grief, they each go their own way as they become embroiled in WWII.
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A snake falls to Earth
by Darcie Little Badger
Fifteen-year-olds Nina and Oli come from different words--she is a Lipan Apache living in Texas and he is a cottonmouth from the Reflecting World--but their lives intersect when Oli journeys to Earth to find a cure for his ailing friend and they end up helping each other save their families
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Waking Romeo
by Kathryn Barker
At the end of the world, 18-year-old Juliet, with Romeo in a coma, meets a mysterious time traveler who makes her question everything she knows about life and love—and a chance to rewrite her future.
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Cinder & glass
by Melissa De la Cruz
In 1682 France, Cendrillion, to escape her wicked stepmother, must compete with the other women at court for the Prince's favor, forcing her to decide if she can bear losing the boy she loves in order to leave a life she hates.
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The girl who fell beneath the sea
by Axie Oh
In a land ravaged by deadly storms, Mina sacrifices herself to the Sea God to save her brother and, after being swept away to the Spirit Realm, finds him caught in an enchanted sleep and must awaken him to save her people.
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Travelers along the way : a Robin Hood remix
by Aminah Mae Safi
Two sisters, soldiers Zeena and Rahma, on their way to stop Jerusalem from falling into the wrong hands, come across a motley collection of fellow travelers, finding purpose and camaraderie in their company as danger swirls around them.
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Raising the Horseman
by Serena Valentino
Wanting nothing to do with Sleepy Hollow's superstitious celebrations after receiving her ancestor's diary, Kat van Tassel must uncover a 200-year-old secret that is shockingly linked to her own life in time to protect what she truly loves.
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The bone spindle
by Leslie Vedder
When she pricks her finger on a bone spindle, treasure hunter Fi is stuck with the spirit of Briar Rose, a prince under a sleeping curse, and must team up with a tough-as-dirt girl warrior to free the prince—and herself.
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Daughter of Sparta
by Claire M. Andrews
To save the gods' powers, warrior Daphne, guided by Apollo, must find nine mysterious items that have been stolen from Mount Olympus—a perilous journey that will pit her against the very gods themselves.
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Small favors
by Erin A. Craig
When strange events plague the town of Amity Falls, Ellerie must race against time to save everyone she loves from creatures who offer to fulfill the residents' deepest desires for just a small favor.
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The seventh raven
by David Elliott
Turned into a raven along with his six brothers, Robyn places his fate in his sister's years-long effort to break the curse and restore their humanity, before realizing that he feels more himself while flying.
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Briarheart
by Mercedes Lackey
A fresh and feminist reinterpretation of Sleeping Beauty from a beloved fantasy author finds princess Aurora's older sister, Miriam, discovering that she possesses incredible powers that must be used to protect her little sister and combat the shadowy threats that are moving closer and closer to their kingdom.
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So many beginnings : a Little Women remix
by Bethany C. Morrow
In this powerful retelling of the classic novel, four young Black sisters, coming of age during the American Civil War, face first love, health issues, heartbreak and new horizons.
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Girl, serpent, thorn
by Melissa Bashardoust
Cursed to be poisonous to the touch, Princess Soraya endures a life in seclusion before making fateful decisions about her twin's upcoming wedding, a young man who is not afraid of her and a demon who holds the answers she seeks.
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Cinderella is dead
by Kalynn Bayron
Two hundred years after Cinderella found her prince, the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl's display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again. Sophia would much rather marry Erin, her childhood best friend, than parade in front of suitors. Sophia tries to flee the ball, and finds herself hiding in Cinderella's mausoleum. Together with Constance, the last known descendant of Cinderella and her step sisters, Sophia vows to bring down the king once and for all.
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Wicked as you wish
by Rin Chupeco
Exiled in Arizona far from the magical kingdom of Avalon, a royal prince hides his true identity while working with a secretive spell breaker and a ragtag band of friends to prepare for a world-changing showdown.
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Mermaid moon
by Susann Cokal
A half-mermaid who seeks to meet the mother who was cursed to forget her existence leaves the ocean for the first time and apprentices herself to a witch before becoming enmeshed in a baroness’s quest for immortality. By the award-winning author of The Kingdom of Little Wounds.
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All this time
by Mikki Daughtry
After a traumatic accident, Kyle feels lost until he meets Marley, who seems like the girl of his dreams, but as they grow closer he fears he is headed for another crash
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Dark and deepest red
by Anna-Marie McLemore
Trapped in a pair of red shoes that compel her to dance uncontrollably, Rosella is drawn to a youth of questionable intent whose family was blamed for witchcraft centuries earlier. By the award-winning author of When the Moon Was Ours.
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Hood
by Jenny Elder Moke
Arrested by royal soldiers for defending innocent villages, a girl raised within the sheltered walls of a convent is targeted by ruthless King John's right-hand enforcer before her mother sends her to seek help from the father she has never met, Robin Hood.
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The princess and the fangirl / : A Geekerella Fairytale
by Ashley Poston
A modern makeover of The Prince and the Pauper traces the efforts of a fangirl who wants to save her look-alike television character from being killed off of her favorite TV franchise, and an actress who desperately wants to leave the spotlight, as they switch places in order to catch a bad guy who leaks the script of a much-anticipated sequel.
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Alice by Heart
by Steven Sater
London, 1940. Amidst the rubble of the Blitz of World War II, fifteen-year-old Alice Spencer and her best friend, Alfred, are forced to take shelter in an underground tube station. Sick with tuberculosis, Alfred is quarantined, with doctors saying he won't make it through the night. In her desperation to keep him holding on, Alice turns to their favorite pastime: recalling the book that bonded them, and telling the story that she knows by heart--the story of Alice in Wonderland.
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Scavenge the stars
by Tara Sim
Rescuing a mysterious stranger from drowning, a vengeful captive on a debtor ship is offered a means to escape by the man she saved, only to find herself in a perilous region of old-world opulence and desperate gamblers.
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Pippa Park raises her game
by Erin Yun
Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically while keeping her past and her family's laundromat a secret from her elite new classmates. But when Pippa begins to receive a string of hateful, anonymous messages via social media, her carefully built persona is threatened. As things begin to spiral out of control, Pippa discovers the real reason she wasadmitted to Lakeview and wonders if she can keep her old and new lives separate, or if she should even try
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Sky without stars
by Jessica Brody
A futuristic reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together by the looming threat of revolution on a French planet colony.
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Last bus to Everland
by Sophie Cameron
Forging a bond with a compassionate artist, a youth in the projects joins a band of misfits and miscreants who meet weekly for adventures in a Narnia-inspired world, before dwindling magic forces him to choose between those he loves.
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Coral
by Sara Ella
The worlds of Coral, Brooke, and Merrick, teens wounded by mental illness and family problems, collide and they must choose what to leave behind in order to survive and start fresh.
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Echo north
by Joanna Ruth Meyer
After her father disappears, Echo meets a wolf who promises to make sure her father is returned home safely if Echo agrees to live with the wolf in his enchanted house for one year
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A blade so black
by L. L. McKinney
"This isn't the Wonderland you remember. The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew. Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the Nightmares at bay is turning into a full-time job. But when Alice's handsome and mysterious mentor is poisoned, she has to find the antidote by venturing deeper into Wonderland than she's ever gone before. And she'll need to use everything she's learned in both worlds to keep from losing her head...literally"
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And the ocean was our sky
by Patrick Ness
The best-selling author of A Monster Calls presents a twist on themes from Moby Dick in the story of a proud warrior whale pod that attacks a ship before pursuing a near-mythical adversary on a vengeful hunt that risks the worlds of both whales and humans.
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Pride
by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice traces the experiences of a proud Brooklyn woman from a large, underprivileged family of sisters who clashes with a wealthy, arrogant newcomer.
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No good deed
by Kara Connolly
A teen archer seeking to qualify for the Olympics makes a wrong turn that lands her in medieval England at the site of the infamous Nottingham Castle, where she uses her skills in the style of Robin Hood to alleviate suffering before confronting a choice that could change history.
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The afterlife of Holly Chase
by Cynthia Hand
Assigned to work as a Ghost of Christmas Past after refusing to change her ways on a fateful Christmas Eve five years earlier, Holly becomes unexpectedly motivated to help a latest Scrooge, who may offer her a fresh start of her own.
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Roseblood
by A. G. Howard
A tale inspired by The Phantom of the Opera follows the experiences of a talented but cursed young singer who bonds with a mysterious boy beside the opera house where she is hoping to discover a cure.
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Ronit & Jamil
by Pamela L Laskin
A lyrical novel in verse retells the story of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the modern-day Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza, where an Israeli girl and a Palestinian boy are brought together by their distrustful fathers' business arrangements and fall into a forbidden love.
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Hunted
by Meagan Spooner
A dark reimagining of Beauty and the Beast follows the experiences of an aristocrat's daughter who tracks a mysterious woodland creature her father has become obsessed with and that stands at the center of his failing sanity.
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Unhooked
by Lisa Maxwell
Hoping to escape her mother's delusions during a summer in London, Gwen is kidnapped by brutal monsters and taken to a Neverland filled with shadowy creatures, flesh-eating sea hags and dangerous fey, a world that forces her to choose between a charming hero and a captivating pirate.
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A whole new world / : A Twisted Tale
by Liz Braswell
In an alternate take on the Disney film, Jafar, not Aladdin finds the lamp and uses it to attain power while a poor Aladdin and displaced Jasmine must unite the common people in rebellion against the evil usurper
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The sleeper and the spindle
by Neil Gaiman
Originally published as Rags and Bones, an illustrated adaptation of the stories of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty follows the efforts of a brave young queen and her dwarf companions to rescue an enchanted princess who is not quite what she seems.
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A wicked thing
by Rhiannon Thomas
Awakened by a handsome prince's kiss after a century in a cursed sleep, Princess Aurora struggles to adjust to a life among strangers and fears that the witch who once ensnared her is still a danger to her kingdom.
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
When Cinder, a gifted cyborg with a mysterious past, becomes entangled with the handsome Prince Kai, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle to save humankind from a deadly plague and ruthless lunar beings.
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Princess of the Midnight Ball
by Jessica Day George
A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse
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The goose girl
by Shannon Hale
On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers
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Young Hag and the witches' quest
by Isabel Greenberg
One of the last witches in Britain according to her grandmother, Young Hag turns her back on magic when tragedy strikes, until she finds a changeling baby and, confronted with real magic at last, sets off on a life-changing quest to bring magic back to Britain.
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The fox maidens
by Robin Ha
Set in 16th century Korea, this queer, feminist reimagining of the Fox Maiden legend from Korean mythology follows Kai Song, who is determined to be a warrior as she must come to terms with her true identity and take control of her destiny after learning a deadly secret.
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Mismatched : A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma
by Anne Camlin
An Insta influencer with a not-so-secret flair for matchmaking, Evan Horowitz sets his sights on the shy new girl Natalia, but when he takes things too far with unforeseen consequences, he must learn to put the people closest to him ahead of his misguided ambition.
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M is for monster
by Talia Dutton
Bringing her sister back to life, scientist Dr. Frances Ai is faced with a dilemma when the girl who rises from the slab is clearly not Maura and wants nothing to do with Frances' attempts to turn her into something she's not.
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Gotham High
by Melissa De la Cruz
Returning to Gotham City after being kicked out of boarding school, 16-year-old Bruce Wayne investigates a local kidnapping that implicates teen queen bee Selina Kyle and class clown, Jack Napier. By the award-winning author of The Witches of East End.
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